I have been trying to take some pictures of my fish for the forums but have been unable to do so due to the camera photos being blurry. is there a way to fix this or is my camera just useless?
What type of camera are you using? I have a Canon Powershot and the best photos I have taken are without using the flash, in a dark room with just the tanklights on, using the macro "mode".
Well, this mod certainly does NOT know everything. Do any of us ever really know everything??
I just googled the specs on your camera and it seems that it is perfectly capable of taking nice pictures. Post the second grouping of pics you took (we still need to ID your pleco) and let's have a look.
well here are some of the photos i took yesterday
im going to use a different camera when i take pics of my other aquarium later and hopefully they wont be blurry! D:
Dojo
Guppy Fry
but for some reason these are clearish and taken at the same time
i tried standing far back and zooming in but it still blurs
First three, you're too close for your camera to focus. The fourth, the blur is from a long shutter speed. You need more light. You can get this from a flash or...more lights! MAcro mode will help, but you still may need more light. A good way to tell what is causing the blur is how the blue looks. If the blur is streaky, like the fourth pick, where it looks like things moved, then there is not enough light. If the blur is very uniform liek the first three, like when you unfocus you eyes, then it is probably focal blur...need to back up.
ah ok
i was using macro for all of those
so i should increase the shutter speed and back up?
i tried using the digital zoom while backed up n it still blurred out thats why i went in closer ^^:
Yeah, you've gotta back up. Macro on most "point and shoot" cameras doesn't do all that much. Digital zoom wont gain you any detail, since it is zooming "digitally"...meaning it's just taking the picture, then stretching it, effectively doing the same as cropping the image in a photo editing program, then zooming in on the cropped section to make it full picture size.
Hehehe...I can go into more detail than you want about anything digital camera related if you have any questions or curiosities
hahah...yeah...that's pretty much it. Although, if you have an old lens from a 35mm...you can hold it in front of your camera, backwards, to take macro shots. Pretty much any lens will work.
Best for the money is easily a Canon Rebel (any of them, especially used!). Not too intimidating, not TOO large (although, pretty large)...infinitely better at taking pictures than a point and shoot. Instant pictures too...none of the push the button, wait for the picture..it's push and click it's taken, like "real" cameras (mostly is a real camera with a sensor in place of the film strip).
Meh...even kit lens will blow away 90% of the point and shoots that are out there for the price of a used rebel. And, they are MUCH faster than any point and shoot I've used...especially if you have a fixed focus...then click click click..not click....wait...wait....wait...click. I've gotta admit, I haven't played with any modern point and shoots...last was about 4 years ago...except the garbage $300 one I bought for my girlfriend...total garbage/$ compared to used rebel.
Aye I suppose so. I'm in the same boat as you, haven't touched a compact in ages.
The point I was making is that they aren't instant. I used a 400d about a month ago and it seemed VERY sluggish.
Guess it depends what your used to.
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